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        <title>CSS Test: Containing Blocks - Inline-level elements position based on left-to-right direction and parent element is absolute</title>
        <link rel="author" title="Microsoft" href="http://www.microsoft.com/" />
        <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#containing-block-details" />
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        <meta name="assert" content="If the ancestor is inline-level, positioned absolute, and direction is left-to-right, the top/left of the containing block determines the top/left padding edges of the first box generated by the ancestor." />
        <style type="text/css">* { margin: 0; padding: 0 }
            div
            {
                border: solid black;
                padding: 1in;
                position: absolute;
                width: 0;
            }
            #span1
            {
                direction: ltr;
            }
            span span
            {
                background: blue;
                height: 1in;
                position: absolute;
                width: 1in;
            }
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        <p>Test passes if the blue box is in the lower-right corner of the black box.</p>
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            <span id="span1">
                <span></span>
            </span>
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